Under the auspices of Prof. Ezzat Hassan, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Technology, the first student conference of the faculty entitled “Role of Allied Medical Sciences in the Achievement of Sustainable Development” on Blackboard platform. This was held on Tuesday, 5 January 2021. The student conference was managed under the supervision of:

• Maha Naga, a Lecturer in the Critical Care and Anesthesia Technology Department.
• Prof. Hanan El Gamal, an Assistant Professor in the Nutrition and Food Safety Technology Department.
• Mervat Moustafa, a Lecturer Medical Laboratory Technology Department.
• Esraa Mounir, the Leader of Student Activity in the faculty.

It is worth mentioning that this conference was attended by 23 students from different departments. The participating students gave a synopsis about the sustainable development goals and the effect of COVID 19 Pandemic on the progress made to reach those goals. During the conference, they discussed the role of Epidemiology, nutrition, infection control, medical informatics and biophysics in achieving the sustainable development goals.